A Disney Princess Rejected a Marriage Proposal and People Are Pretty Divided

Disney princesses always seem to find their prince by the end of the movie. Usually she’s rescued in some way by the handsome dude, they fall in love, and live happily ever after.

I have nothing against finding true love and a really cool story to tell, but there’s something to be said for living life according to your own terms and it can be just as invigorating as falling in love.

Just ask newly-independent Rapunzel, who is challenging that Disney princess cliché.

In the new TV movie Tangled: Before Ever After, Rapunzel becomes the first Disney princess to reject a marriage proposal.

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As her suitor talks about settling down and growing old inside the castle walls, Rapunzel’s life flashes before her eyes.

“I see us raising our children here, and our children’s children, and celebrating banquets of our own in this very hall for many, many, many, many, many years to come,” Eugene tells her as he positions himself on one knee.